Andrew Picard

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Andrew Picard lectures in Systematic Theology and Applied Theology at Carey Baptist College. Andrew has published in the areas of Christian Doctrine, Baptist theology and history, theology and culture, Post-Settler Pākehā theology, and theology and disability. Andrew is especially interested in the intersection of theology and culture which engages him in interdisciplinary research and public theology. Along with teaching, Andrew is working on his PhD which explores Colin Gunton’s trinitarian theology and Zygmunt Bauman’s social theory. Andrew is a registered Baptist Minister, Co-President of New Zealand Baptist Research and Historical Society, Associate Editor of ThePacific Journal of Baptist Research, and on the Editorial Board of Archer Press. Andrew is married to Margaret, who is a New Zealand Sign Language Interpreter, and they have two daughters.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Theology (Hons) (University of Auckland)
Diploma of Pastoral Leadership (Carey Baptist College)
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate (University of Otago)
Memberships and Affiliations

Associate Editor, Pacific Journal of Baptist Research

Editorial Panel for Archer Press

Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Theological Interpretation

Co-President of New Zealand Baptist Research and Historical Society

Member of the Systematic Theology Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (STAANZ)

Teaching Areas

Christian Doctrine/Systematic Theology

Applied Theology

Baptist Theology

Christian Leadership

Research Areas

Trinity/Doctrine of God

Baptist Theology

The theology of Colin Gunton

Theology and culture

Post-Settler Pākehā identity and theology

Research Summary
Andrew Picard is lecturer in Systematic Theology and Applied Theology at Carey Baptist College. Andrew has published research on Baptist theology, the atonement, theology and culture, theology and disability, and post-settler Pākehā identity and theology. He and Myk Habets have recently co-edited Theology and the Experience of Disability: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Down Under.Current Projects

Colin Gunton’s Trinitarian Theology of Culture for the Church in Liquid Modernity

T&T Clark Companion to Colin Gunton (with Myk Habets)

Revelation and the Quest for Post-Settler Pākehā Identity and Theology

Select Publications

“Church Responses to Social Issues in Depression New Zealand.” The New Zealand Journal of Baptist Research 9 (2004): 24-48.

“A Conflict of Ideologies: New Zealand Baptist Public Discourse on the Vietnam War.” The Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 1 (2005): 53-70.

“Be the Community: Baptist Ecclesiology in the Context of Missional Church.” The Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 5 (2009): 27-69.

“No Longer Strangers: Disabled Ontology and the Church as Meaningful Community in Liquid Modernity.” In Theology and the Experience of Disability: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Voices Down Under, 53-72.

“‘On the Way and In the Fray’ in Aotearoa: A Pākehā’s Covenantal Reflections from the Context of a Treaty People.” The Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 11 (2016): 44-58.